Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Weather/19/en
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Precipitation induced by orographic lift occurs in many places throughout the world. Examples include:
- The eastern seaboard of Australia, which faces prevailing easterly winds,
- The mountains of New Zealand, which face a prevailing westerly flow off the Tasman Sea.
- The southern Andes, which face a prevailing westerly flow off the Pacific Ocean.
- The Northwestern United States and Canada (Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) see prevailing westerly flow off the northern Pacific Ocean. Places on the sea-facing side of coastal mountains see over 100 inches (over 2.5 m) of precipitation per year. These locales are on the side of the mountains which are in the path of storm systems, and therefore receive the moisture which is effectively squeezed from the clouds.
